# Logging

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/logging/112870>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [August 24, 2007, 1:11am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/logging/112870 "2007-08-24T01:11:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![greg](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/71c47a/32.png) [@greg](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/greg)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2007, 1:11am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/logging/112870/1 "2007-08-24T01:11:17Z")

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Hi All,

Could anyone tell me how I could syslog to a specific log (e.g. /var/  
log/daemon.log, /var/log/syslog.log…)?

Thanks in advance!

-Greg

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**Author:** ![greg](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/71c47a/32.png) [@greg](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/greg)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2007, 9:49am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/logging/112870/2 "2007-08-25T09:49:43Z")

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Hi greg

> Could anyone tell me how I could syslog to a specific log (e.g. /var/  
> log/daemon.log, /var/log/syslog.log…)?

Try Log4R.

Good luck  
Florian

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**Author:** ![greg](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/71c47a/32.png) [@greg](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/greg)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2007, 10:18am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/logging/112870/3 "2007-08-25T10:18:45Z")

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Florian Aßmann wrote:

> > Could anyone tell me how I could syslog to a specific log (e.g.  
> > /var/log/daemon.log, /var/log/syslog.log…)?

> Try Log4R.

Will that work on the Un\*x system logs?